Imprinting Space | Malavika Sarukai - Friday 6th @ 18.00

IMPRINTING SPACE

by Malavika Sarukkai

Friday, June 6th at 6:00pm

National Gallery of Modern Art
Manekyavelu Mansion
49 Palace Road Bengaluru – 560 052

The Tasveer Foundation is delighted to announce a unique lecture illustrated with demonstrations and visuals by renowned Bharatnatayam dancer and choreographer Malavika Sarukkai. This will be the ninth event in the quarterly series of lectures organised by the Tasveer Foundation in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art.

Malavika Sarukkai performances have been described as ‘intense, extraordinary, luminous... phenomenally precise and unearthly’. Indian performance arts and dance are often described as drishya kavya or visual poetry, and in her talk Sarukkai will expand on the language of dance, focusing on her own distinctive, intellectual and creative approach to classical dance, and considering the close parallels between the language of Indian dance forms and the vocabulary of the visual arts; painting, sculpture, architecture; as well as philosophy, mythology, literature and music — all of which reflect one another and are intrinsically connected.  Sarukkai began dancing at the age of twelve, and is one of India’s leading classical dancers specialising in the traditional Bharatnatyam style, she describes her technique and process as both spiritual and intellectual, where “the rigour of her thinking translates into a bodily expression that is at once strictly grammatical and freely explorative”. The phrase 'innovative within tradition' has been used to describe her artistic mastery and her success in pushing the boundaries of traditional dance, bringing the artform into a contemporary context and giving it universal appeal. She has earrned international acclaim for her inspired choreography, which transports her audience to the heartbeat of the dance, taking Indian dance beyond cultural barriers and using the body as a conceptual and performative tool. Sarukkai has performed across India and internationally at The Kennedy Centre, Washington DC; the Lincoln Centre, New York; Jacob’s Pillow, America’s longest running dance festival and the Elizabeth Hall, UK. In recognition of her contribution to Indian classical dance, she has received numerous awards that include the Padmashree awarded by the President of India; the Kalaimamani, from the Government of Tamil Nadu; the SNA award from the Central Sangeet Natak Academi, Delhi; and the Mrinalini Sarabhai Award for excellence in Classical Dance. Sarukkai's exceptional perfomances have been filmed by the BBC, German Television and the French Art channel. Most recently, director Sumantra Ghosal celebrated Sarukkai's unique and singular approach to dance in the film ‘The Unseen Sequence’ which premiered at the prestigious Dance on Camera Festival at the Lincoln Center, New York in early 2014.

We request you to be seated 10 minutes before the lecture. RSVP : +91 40535212 / 33 Email: geetha@tasveerarts.com www.tasveerfoundation.com